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List Of Canadian Politicians Who Have Switched Parties
Many Canadian politicians have run for office with more than one party. This is a list of some. * MPs are Members of Parliament of Canada * MPPs are Members of Provincial Parliament of Ontario * MNAs are Members of the National Assembly of Quebec * MHAs are Members of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador * MLAs are Members of the Legislative Assembly of other provinces Conservative parties "Tories" denotes members of the Progressive Conservative Party and its predecessor parties, the Canadian Alliance and the modern Conservative Party. Tories/other provincial conservative parties to Liberals * Eve Adams – Conservative MP for Mississauga—Brampton South joined the Liberals on February 9, 2015 after conflicts over her attempts to be nominated as a Conservative leave her without a riding to stand in for the next federal election. *Pierre-Michel Auger – elected as Action démocratique du Québec MNA, crossed over to Quebec Liberal Party in 2008. *Leo Barr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Belinda is a feminine given name of unknown Etymology, origin, apparently Coining (linguistics), coined from Italian language, Italian ''bella (other), bella'', meaning "beautiful". Alternatively it may be derived from the Old High German name ''Betlinde'', which possibly meant "bright Lindworm, serpent" or "bright linden tree". People *Belinda C. Anderson (born 1954), American academic administrator *Belinda Ang (born 1954), a judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore *Belinda Bauer (actress) (born 1950), Australian actress *Belinda Bauer (author) (born 1962), British writer *Belinda Bencic (born 1997), Swiss tennis player *Belinda Carlisle (born 1958), lead vocalist for the rock and roll band The Go-Go's and solo artist *Bilinda Butcher (born 1961), vocalist and guitarist of the alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine *Belinda Clark (born 1970), Australian former cricketer *Belinda Cordwell (born 1965), former tennis player from New Zealand *Belinda Cowling, Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Démocratique Du Québec
The (, ), commonly referred to as the , was a right-wing populist and conservative provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defined itself as autonomist; it had support from nationalists and federalists. Its members were referred to as ''adéquistes'', a name derived from the French pronunciation of the initials 'ADQ'. The party was founded by dissidents of the Quebec Liberal Party who did not accept the Charlottetown Accord, and first contested the 1994 provincial election, electing Mario Dumont to the National Assembly. Under longtime leader Dumont, the ADQ had a strong showing in the 2007 provincial election, reducing the ruling Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) to a minority government and relegating the Parti Québécois (PQ) to third place. The ADQ won 41 seats with 31% of the popular vote to serve as the Official Opposition in the National Assembly. However, the ADQ's popularity declined significantly soon afterward and in the 2008 provin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Lopez (politician)
Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese cognate of the name Richard. It derived from Proto-Germanic ''*rīks'' 'king, ruler' + ''*harduz'' 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a surname. People Given name *Ricardo de Araújo Pereira (born 1974), Portuguese comedian *Ricardo Arjona (born 1964), Guatemalan singer *Ricardo Arona (born 1978), Brazilian mixed martial artist *Ricardo Ávila (born 1997), Panamanian footballer *Ricardo Bierhals (born 1990), Brazilian footballer * Ricardo Bralo (1916–?), Argentine long-distance runner *Ricardo Bombine Pimentel (born 1978), Brazilian musician *Ricardo Bueno Fernández (1940-2015), Spanish politician *Ricardo Busquets (born 1974), Puerto Rican swimmer *Ricardo Cardeno (born 1971), Colombian triathlete *Ricardo Carvalho (born 1978), Portuguese footballer *Ricardo Cortez (1900-1977), American actor *Ricardo Darín (born 1957), Argentine actor *Ricardo da Silva (born 1980), Cape Verdean-Portuguese footballer *Ricardo Esgaio, Portuguese f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Kilgour
David William Kilgour (February 18, 1941 – April 5, 2022) was a Canadian human rights activist, author, lawyer, and politician. He also served as a senior fellow to the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. Kilgour earned a degree in econonics from the University of Manitoba in 1962 and a law degree from the University of Toronto in 1966. His career spanned roles from a crown attorney in northern Alberta to Canadian Cabinet minister. He concluded his 27-year tenure in the House of Commons of Canada as an independent MP. Upon retirement, he was one of the longest serving members of parliament and one of the few who had been elected under both the Progressive Conservative and Liberal banners. Member of Parliament Kilgour was originally elected as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party in 1979. He first sought election in 1968 in the riding of Vancouver Centre as a Progressive Conservative. He did not run again until the 1979 election, in Edmonton; he won a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Horner (politician)
John Henry "Jack" Horner (July 20, 1927 – November 18, 2004) was a Canadian rancher, politician, and Cabinet minister. Life and career Nicknamed "Cactus Jack", Horner was born in Saskatchewan, the fifth child in a family of six boys and three girls. His mother's uncle had been a prisoner of Louis Riel's provisional government. His father, Ralph Horner, was a failed Conservative candidate who was appointed to the board of directors of Canadian National Railways by the government of R. B. Bennett in 1931, and then to the Senate of Canada in 1933. Jack Horner moved to Alberta at the age of 18 to manage a ranch purchased by his father and then bought his own ranch in 1947. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1958 federal election from the rural central Alberta riding of Acadia as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, defeating a 23-year Social Credit incumbent. Horner was part of the largest majority government in Canadian history. Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Herron (New Brunswick Politician)
John Herron (born October 21, 1964) is a Canadian politician and former Red Tory, and now a Blue Liberal, who served as the Progressive Conservative member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Fundy Royal from 1997 to 2004. He left the PC Party and ran unsuccessfully for re-election as a Liberal in 2004. He returned to politics in the 2024 New Brunswick general election winning election as a Liberal MLA for Hampton-Fundy-St. Martins. Federal political career Herron was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1997 federal election as a candidate of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC Party). He was re-elected in the 2000 election. Herron was one of a handful of new Progressive Conservative "young Turk" parliamentarians – along with Scott Brison, André Bachand, and Peter MacKay – considered the youthful leadership material that would restore the ailing PC Party. After Progressive Conservative leader Jean Charest resigned in April 1998 to lead Que ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Evans (politician)
Ron Evans (born 1957) is a former clergyman and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He is the former Chief for the Norway House Cree Nation and former Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs. A former priest in the Anglican Church of Canada, Evans is also a prominent figure in the Aboriginal community of northern Manitoba. He unsuccessfully sought election to both the Manitoba Legislature and the House of Commons of Canada, and has served as a band councillor and chief. Evans was born and raised in Norway House, Manitoba, and was educated in Winnipeg, Calgary and La Tuque, Quebec. Prior to his career with the clergy and politics, Evans was a truck driver and commercial fisherman. As a priest, Evans is a member of the Diocesan Council in the Anglican Diocese of Keewatin and a member of the ''Anglican Council of Indigenous People''. He served as a band councillor in Norway House from 1980 to 1988, and was the band's acting chief for two years during this period. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party Of Quebec
The Quebec Liberal Party (QLP; , PLQ) is a provincial political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955. The QLP has traditionally supported a form of Quebec federalist ideology with nuanced Canadian nationalist tones that supports Quebec remaining within the Canadian federation, while also supporting reforms that would allow substantial autonomism in Quebec. In the context of federal Canadian politics,Haddow and Klassen 2006 ''Partisanship, Globalization, and Canadian Labour Market Policy''. University of Toronto Press. it is a more centrist party when compared to Conservative and Liberal parties in other provinces, such as the former British Columbia Liberal Party. History Pre-confederation The Liberal Party is descended from the Parti canadien (or Parti Patriote), who supported the 1837 Lower Canada Rebellion, and the Parti rouge, who fought for responsible government and against the authority of the Roman Cathol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Charest
John James "Jean" Charest (; born June 24, 1958) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 29th premier of Quebec from 2003 to 2012. Prior to that, he was a member of Parliament (MP) between 1984 and 1998. After holding several Cabinet posts from 1986 to 1990 and from 1991 to 1993, he was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1993 to 1998. Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Charest worked as a lawyer before becoming an MP following the 1984 federal election. In 1986 he joined Brian Mulroney's government as a minister of state, but resigned from cabinet in 1990 after improperly speaking to a judge about an active court case. He returned to cabinet in 1991 as the minister of the environment. Charest ran to succeed Mulroney as party leader and prime minister in the PCs' 1993 leadership election, but placed second to Kim Campbell. Charest served as Campbell's industry minister and deputy prime minister. After the PCs' defeat in the 1993 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Carr (politician)
Gary Carr (born August 14, 1955) is a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 2003, and served in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal from 2004 to early 2006. Gary Carr is currently the Chair of the Regional Municipality of Halton. Background Carr has a certificate in Business Administration from Ryerson University, and was a businessman and sales manager in the transportation industry before entering public life. He continued his education as a politician, and received an MBA from Athabasca University in 2002. Carr also played professional ice hockey for five years in the farm teams of the Boston Bruins and Quebec Nordiques. In 1975, he was a Memorial Cup champion as a member of the Toronto Marlboros. Provincial politics Carr was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the provincial election of 1990, defeating incumbent Liberal Doug Carrothers by 108 votes in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Brison
Scott A. Brison (born May 10, 1967) is a Canadian politician from Nova Scotia. Brison served as the Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Kings—Hants from June 1997 to July 2000, and from November 2000 to February 2019. He was the first openly gay MP to sit as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative Party. In 2003, just days after the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance voted to merge into the Conservative Party of Canada, Brison crossing the floor, crossed the floor to join the Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Party. Born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Brison graduated from Dalhousie University. After entering Parliament in 2000, he served as the Minister of Public Works and Government Services from 2004 until 2006 in the Paul Martin government. In 2005, he was named by the World Economic Forum as one of its "Young Global Leaders". In Opposition from 2006 to 2013, Brison has served as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lise Bourgault
Lise Bourgault (born June 5, 1950) is a Canadian politician. Since 2003, she has been the mayor of Brownsburg-Chatham, Quebec. Bourgault was born in St-Pamphile, Quebec. She was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Argenteuil—Papineau in the 1984 federal election. A Progressive Conservative, she was re-elected in the 1988 federal election before being defeated in the 1993 election. From 1987 to 1989, she was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs. From 1989 to 1991, she was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Health and Welfare. In 1991, she was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Supply and Services. She ran in the 2000 federal election as a Liberal in the riding of Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel but lost by 542 votes to the Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois (, , BQ) is a centre-left politics, centre-left and list of federal political parties in Canada, federal politica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
